Murder Suspect Held

April 1, 1988|Staff reports

DELRAY BEACH -- A Boynton Beach man was charged with the murder of a man shot to death in a car on Feb. 26, police said.

Police arrested Robert Lennard Phillips, of the 500 block of Northwest 13th Avenue, on Wednesday. Phillips, 27, was being held without bail at the Palm Beach County Jail. He was charged with killing Leroy Laster.

Police said Laster was sitting in a car with three friends on the 900 block of West Atlantic Avenue when Phillips approached the driver`s side of the vehicle about 10:30 p.m. Phillips shot Laster once the left chest, police said.